Yellow-throated Woodpecker
A species of Neotropical Green Woodpeckers Scientific name : Piculus flavigula Genus : Neotropical Green Woodpeckers
Yellow-throated Woodpecker, A species of Neotropical Green Woodpeckers
Botanical name: Piculus flavigula
Genus: Neotropical Green Woodpeckers
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Description
Description
The yellow-throated woodpecker (Piculus flavigula) is a species of bird in the family Picidae, the woodpeckers, piculets, and wrynecks. It is found in northern and central South America in Brazil and the entire Amazon Basin; also in the Guianas, and Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela. Besides the Amazon Basin, it is found in the southeast basin in the adjoining Tocantins-Araguaia River drainage; on the east at the edge of its range there, it only occurs in the headwaters of the Tocantins, then recontinues at the joining of the Araguaia-Tocantins as it goes to the Atlantic Ocean. Two separated disjunct populations occur in Brazil at the southeast coastal regions (parts of the Caatinga). The largest group extends for 1,500 km; the smaller, only about 200 km. In Venezuela, it is found in the east and southeast and covers most of the Orinoco River drainage. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical swamps. 
Size
20 cm
Feeding Habits
Yellow-throated Woodpecker chiefly consumes ants, foraging alone or in pairs, often in subcanopy. Feeds by pecking and hammering at bark to dislodge food, showing a preference for vigorous feeding techniques.
Habitat
The yellow-throated Woodpecker is commonly found in diverse forest habitats, ranging from tall, humid terra firme forests to seasonally inundated várzea forests near riverbanks and drier forest types such as caatinga. It also inhabits forest edges within these broader regions.
Dite type
Insectivorous
Scientific Classification
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